Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a sensor unit that senses environmental information on a predetermined area; a storage unit that stores event information including event feature data on a predetermined event and meta information including space information on the predetermined event associated with the event feature data; and a control unit that retrieves the event information from the storage unit and acquires the space information included in the event information based on a sensing result from the sensor unit.

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 a sensor unit that senses environmental information on a predetermined area;   a storage unit that stores event information including event feature data on a predetermined event and meta information including space information on the predetermined event associated with the event feature data; and   a control unit that retrieves the event information from the storage unit and acquires the space information included in the event information based on a sensing result from the sensor unit.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the control unit   determines a similarity level between a sensing result sensed by the sensor unit and the event feature data stored in the storage unit, and   when the similarity level exceeds a predetermined evoking threshold, retrieves event information including event feature data that exceeds the evoking threshold from the storage unit.   
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the event feature data includes object feature data obtained by an object that is allowed to be sensed by the sensor unit and voice feature data obtained by voice that is allowed to be sensed by the sensor unit.   
     
     
         4 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the control unit retrieves, from the storage unit, event information including voice feature data in which a similarity level to voice feature data exceeds a predetermined evoking threshold based on the latter voice feature data obtained from voice sensed by the sensor unit.   
     
     
         5 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the control unit retrieves, from the storage unit, event information including object feature data in which a similarity level to object feature data exceeds a predetermined evoking threshold based on the latter object feature data obtained from an object sensed by the sensor unit.   
     
     
         6 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the object feature data corresponds to a feature amount of an object sensed by the sensor unit, and   the voice feature data corresponds to a feature amount of voice emitted from an object sensed by the sensor unit.   
     
     
         7 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , allowed to control a mobile robot including a drive unit that moves a housing,
 wherein the control unit makes an action plan based on the acquired space information, and performs control of causing the mobile robot to act based on the action plan.   
     
     
         8 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the information processing apparatus is a mobile robot.   
     
     
         9 . An information processing method comprising
 a computer retrieving event information from a storage unit, and outputs space information included in the event information based on a sensing result from a sensor unit that senses environmental information on a predetermined area, the storage unit storing the event information that includes event feature data on a predetermined event and meta information including the space information on the predetermined event associated with the event feature data.   
     
     
         10 . A program causing a computer to function as:
 a sensor unit that senses environmental information on a predetermined area;   a storage unit that stores event information including event feature data on a predetermined event and meta information including space information on the predetermined event associated with the event feature data; and   a control unit that retrieves the event information from the storage unit and outputs the space information included in the event information based on a sensing result from the sensor unit.   
     
     
         11 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 a sensor unit that senses environmental information on a predetermined area; and   a generation unit that generates event information by associating event feature data on a predetermined event obtained based on a sensing result from the sensor unit and meta information including space information on the predetermined event obtained based on the sensing result with each other.   
     
     
         12 . An information processing method comprising
 a computer generating event information by associating event feature data on a predetermined event obtained based on a sensing result from a sensor unit that senses environmental information on a predetermined area and meta information including space information on the predetermined event obtained based on the sensing result with each other.   
     
     
         13 . A program causing a computer to function as:
 a sensor unit that senses environmental information on a predetermined area; and   a generation unit that generates event information by associating event feature data on a predetermined event obtained based on a sensing result from the sensor unit and meta information including space information on the predetermined event obtained based on the sensing result with each other.